2nd City ZoningInterested in the Chicago zoning ordinance? No? Well then, how about Sim City 2000, the classic computer game cherished by millions? You love it? Well have we got an app for you!

2nd City Zoning is a searchable, interactive map that lets you:

find out how your building is zoned

learn where to locate your business

explore zoning patterns throughout the city

relive your nerdy urban planning childhood

To make Chicago's zoning code digestible by humans, we took inspiration from one of our favorite games: Sim City 2000. It started with just the color scheme: green for residential, blue for commercial and yellow for industrial (this oversimplifies things a bit, read the full story). From there we got a little carried away. Graphics, sounds, music, oh my.